From 2.6 GPA to $200K Microsoft Software Engineer

from Out of Office with Sundas · host Sundas Khalid

In this episode of Out of Office with Sundas, I sat down with Pooja Dutt, former Software Engineer at Microsoft, to talk about how she landed a remote software engineering role at Microsoft after graduating with a 2.6 GPA. Pooja shares what she learned from failing tech interviews, whether remote work is worth it, and a practical roadmap for becoming a software engineer.

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